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A SICILY-THEMED GIVEAWAY

2nd May 2023

Together with Avon Books (an imprint of HarperCollins), we are delighted to offer one winner a wonderful Sicily-themed giveaway, featuring Sue Moorcroft’s latest novel: An Italian Island Summer, set, of course, in Sicily!

Plus a wonderful Carluccio ‘Cena al Sud’ Hamper to transport you to Italy, containing:

  • Sugo alle Vongole – Clam & Tomato Sauce, 180g x 2
  • Spaghetti al Nero Sepia 500g
  • Nocellara Extra Virgin Olive Oil 500ml – Puglia
  • 2021 Fiano IGT Terre Siciliane, Molino a Vento

SICILY-THEMED GIVEAWAY

HOW TO ENTER

  1. You need to be a member of TripFiction. Simply go to tripfiction.com and scroll down to the JOIN NOW tab. And we do check!
  2. Just tell us by midnight, Monday 8th May 2023 (BST) who – apart from Sue  Moorcroft (!) – is your favourite author setting their books in Sicily (if you need a bit of help, you can pop over to our Books set in Sicily webpage 😉). The first name chosen at random (from across all channels) will be the winner.

CLOSES 8 May 2023 – UK ONLY. You must be 18 or over.

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  1. User: Tina Hartas

    Posted on: 09/05/2023 at 3:16 pm

    We are delighted to announce that Adam Fleming Law is the WINNER of this giveaway (over on FB). This Giveaway is now CLOSED

    Comment

  2. User: kacky

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 11:32 pm

    Lily Prior

    Comment

  3. User: Patricia Barrett

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 10:56 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  4. User: Claire Hamilton

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 10:47 pm

    Matthew Fort

    Comment

  5. User: Adrian Bold

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 10:43 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  6. User: Sushka

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 10:34 pm

    Matthew Fort

    Comment

  7. User: Sheena Batey

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 9:44 pm

    Barry Unsworth

    Comment

  8. User: geordierrrr

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 9:40 pm

    My Lemon Grove Summer
    Author Jo Thomas

    Comment

  9. User: Tracy B

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 9:36 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  10. User: Georgie Wright

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 9:27 pm

    Lynda La Plante

    Comment

  11. User: Katherine McDonald

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 8:37 pm

    Emma Jane Kirby

    Comment

  12. User: Claire Mitchell

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 8:36 pm

    The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa is an absolute classic.

    Comment

  13. User: Emmaengland92

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 8:26 pm

    I would have to say Jo Thomas.

    Comment

  14. User: Danielle Short

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 7:56 pm

    Delia Ephron

    Comment

  15. User: Rosiej

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 7:44 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  16. User: BiblioHound

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 7:43 pm

    Andrea Camilleri for his wonderful Montalbano books

    Comment

  17. User: lorelaicrumpet

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 7:41 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  18. User: Marycarol

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 7:25 pm

    My Lemon Grove Summer by Jo Thomas

    Comment

  19. User: dorawhitetail

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 7:21 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  20. User: Gypsyqueen13

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 7:20 pm

    You just can’t beat Andrea Camilleri’s Montalbano books

    Comment

  21. User: David Paterson

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 7:10 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  22. User: millyvanilli3

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 6:58 pm

    Steven Price

    Comment

  23. User: Natalia

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 6:55 pm

    My pick would be My Lemon Grove Summer by Jo Thomas.

    Comment

  24. User: Debbie Winstanley

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 6:48 pm

    Although I’ve read a lot of novels set in Italy, I didn’t think I’d read any at all set in Sicily until I saw the list and was reminded of the fabulous Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri. Definitely worth a read. Or a reread!

    Comment

  25. User: nicolej922

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 6:37 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  26. User: Amy

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 6:35 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  27. User: Lilywhite

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 6:27 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  28. User: Rap

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 6:15 pm

    Penny Freeny

    Comment

  29. User: hammygav03

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 6:04 pm

    Matthew Fort

    Comment

  30. User: Turtledove

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 6:03 pm

    Emma Jane Kirby. Been wanting to read about Lampedusa for some time. The Optician of Lampedusa sounds perfect.

    Comment

  31. User: Sheri

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 6:00 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  32. User: EssexgirlSE

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 5:50 pm

    Gillian Bradshaw

    Comment

  33. User: AdiLee

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 5:43 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  34. User: cillastubbs

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 5:29 pm

    Jo Thomas would be my choice. My Lemon Grove Summer looks like my kind of read

    Comment

  35. User: Angela Macdonald

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 5:22 pm

    My Lemon Grove Summer also looks like a fabulous read by Jo Thomas

    Comment

  36. User: Laura Pritchard

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 5:18 pm

    I love the books by Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  37. User: Daphne1

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 4:40 pm

    I love the look of a few of them but decided on this one My Lemon Grove Summer

    My Lemon Grove Summer
    Author Jo Thomas

    Comment

  38. User: grumpygraham61

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 4:34 pm

    Mattias Berg

    Comment

  39. User: jk64

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 4:33 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  40. User: Owl5454

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 4:18 pm

    Matthew Fort is a good read

    Comment

  41. User: Emmamaryd

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 4:16 pm

    The potter’s field, Andrea Camilleri.

    Comment

  42. User: Mackem59

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 4:15 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  43. User: Nicbell26

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 3:59 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  44. User: becksta75

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 3:53 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  45. User: Lailap

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 3:52 pm

    Siracusa by Delia Ephron

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  46. User: lizhar

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 3:51 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  47. User: Tracey P

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 3:36 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  48. User: angiejackson

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 3:34 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  49. User: Kim Coate

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 3:32 pm

    The Villa

    Comment

  50. User: siameseseal

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 3:18 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  51. User: marees30

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 3:14 pm

    I really enjoyed Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons by Matthew Ford

    Comment

  52. User: optifourteen

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 3:12 pm

    Matthew Fort

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  53. User: webkin

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 3:08 pm

    I love Jo Thomas – My Lemon Grove Summer is fab!

    Comment

  54. User: JoYo

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 2:56 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  55. User: Joyce Willis

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 2:50 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  56. User: humptybren

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 2:45 pm

    Steven Price

    Comment

  57. User: Patricia Avery

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 2:27 pm

    Only partly set in Italy, but I have just finished Sea of Lost Love by Santa Montefiore. Such wonderful descriptions of Puglia. I could almost smell it and felt the urge to visit ASAP!

    Comment

  58. User: Pin King

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 2:22 pm

    Matthew Fort

    Comment

  59. User: Suzicr

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 2:20 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  60. User: valbuk

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 2:15 pm

    Andrea Camilleri – enjoy the Montalbano series

    Comment

  61. User: bopper

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 2:11 pm

    Andrea Camilleri – he authors my type of books that are suspenseful and gets your mind thinking

    Comment

  62. User: Plumbobmummy

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 2:09 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  63. User: Alison Macdonald

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 2:06 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  64. User: Pikaneal

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 2:05 pm

    The Storytellers by Caron McKinlay

    Comment

  65. User: MollyR

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 2:05 pm

    Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (The Leopard)

    Comment

  66. User: Jennifer87

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 1:58 pm

    Jo Thomas! Love her books

    Comment

  67. User: char2lotte

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 1:52 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  68. User: Monarch

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 1:50 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  69. User: CarolynE

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 1:46 pm

    Lynda La Plante

    Comment

  70. User: margaretff

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 1:42 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  71. User: redfox5

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 1:39 pm

    I like Lynda La Plante

    Comment

  72. User: mumliz

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 1:32 pm

    Rosanna Ley

    Comment

  73. User: Kellie Collister

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 1:31 pm

    I enjoyed Under A Sicilian Sky by Lisa Hobman

    Comment

  74. User: claire woods

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 1:29 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  75. User: zeenie

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 1:27 pm

    peter robb

    Comment

  76. User: Sheena Read

    Posted on: 08/05/2023 at 8:00 am

    Emma Jane Kirby

    Comment

  77. User: Kim Murray

    Posted on: 07/05/2023 at 11:58 am

    Matthew Fort – Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons, travel and food – perfect x

    Comment

  78. User: Igithaba

    Posted on: 06/05/2023 at 9:42 am

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  79. User: Bubbles17

    Posted on: 04/05/2023 at 10:00 pm

    Nicky Pellegrino

    Comment

  80. User: Scrags

    Posted on: 04/05/2023 at 8:43 pm

    Barry Unsworth

    Comment

  81. User: Jen

    Posted on: 04/05/2023 at 7:04 pm

    Jo Thomas! I love her books. Be it Sicily, France, Spain, she describes them so clearly, I feel like I’m there

    Comment

  82. User: Felumi

    Posted on: 04/05/2023 at 5:53 pm

    My Lemon Grove Summer

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  83. User: Andriia

    Posted on: 04/05/2023 at 11:16 am

    Mattias Berg

    Comment

  84. User: Mary Calleja

    Posted on: 03/05/2023 at 8:43 pm

    The Potter’s Field

    Author(s): Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  85. User: lango

    Posted on: 03/05/2023 at 6:03 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  86. User: Rowy45

    Posted on: 03/05/2023 at 4:47 pm

    Jo. Thomas.. My lemon grove summer

    Comment

  87. User: mrs girvan

    Posted on: 03/05/2023 at 4:25 pm

    Would love The Wings of the Sphinx by Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  88. User: Brenda Hackett

    Posted on: 03/05/2023 at 3:10 pm

    Barry Unsworth

    Comment

  89. User: FiLe

    Posted on: 03/05/2023 at 2:01 pm

    My favourite is Jo Thomas

    Comment

  90. User: AlyCat

    Posted on: 03/05/2023 at 1:47 pm

    Daphne Phelps. Toarmina is such a beautiful place, the perfect setting for a book such as A House in Sicily.

    Comment

  91. User: BennyTeddy86

    Posted on: 03/05/2023 at 1:29 pm

    I love Jo Thomas books, and she wrote a wonderful book based on Sicily. If you haven’t read anything by her, I would highly recommend you do!

    Comment

  92. User: Velomanic

    Posted on: 03/05/2023 at 10:00 am

    Matthew Fort- writing you can taste.
    I really want to cycle in Sicily.

    Comment

  93. User: Jordanca

    Posted on: 03/05/2023 at 7:09 am

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  94. User: Lisa

    Posted on: 03/05/2023 at 7:00 am

    Jo Thomas – I loved My Lemon Grove Summer.

    Comment

  95. User: philatel

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 10:19 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  96. User: clairet144

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 10:03 pm

    Jo Thomas… I loved My Lemon Grove Summer.

    Comment

  97. User: Sue Barton

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 8:59 pm

    Jo Thomas – loved My Lemon Grove Summer

    Comment

  98. User: Macsen77

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 8:43 pm

    Jo Thomas is an excellent writer and has written about Sicily.☀️

    Comment

  99. User: Yvonne @Fiction_Books

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 8:28 pm

    Of the books I have read, the Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri stands out, although there are many new to me authors on your Sicily webpage I have now added to my list! 🙂

    Comment

    1 Comment

    • User: Tina Hartas

      Posted on: 03/05/2023 at 8:38 am

      Oh, that is so good to hear, there are quite a few and a lot of people recommend Jo Thomas!!!

      Comment

  100. User: Glynis Railton

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 8:19 pm

    Andrea Camilleri and what a great list of novels there are to choose from!

    Comment

  101. User: Hazel

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 7:09 pm

    Mattias Berg

    Comment

  102. User: Lesley

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 5:22 pm

    Matthew Fort . Love his observational humour and enthusiasm for Sicily

    Comment

  103. User: myrtleisme

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 3:45 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  104. User: sharon martin

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 3:43 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  105. User: Happy Reading

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 3:36 pm

    My lemon grove summer by Jo Thomas

    Comment

  106. User: Stehol

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 3:07 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  107. User: Margaret Gallagher

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 2:29 pm

    Emma kirby

    Every word is pure joy to read

    Comment

  108. User: ThePyperClan

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 12:42 pm

    Jo Thomas

    Comment

  109. User: lapsapchung

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 12:41 pm

    Matthew Fort, I don’t think his travel writing gets enough recognition

    Comment

  110. User: Tamdy

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 12:34 pm

    Hi Thomas

    Comment

  111. User: Karen hutchinson

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 12:33 pm

    I don’t think I have read any in Sicily but the Andrea Camileri ones sound good

    Comment

  112. User: Macsen77

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 12:32 pm

    Jo Thomas, another excellent writer

    Comment

  113. User: Lowslung

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 12:28 pm

    Andrea Camilleri

    Comment

  114. User: Leah Tonna

    Posted on: 02/05/2023 at 11:55 am

    I love Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano series, he never fails to intrigue me.

    Comment

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